toxin-antitoxin pair type I binding, toxin-antitoxin pair type II binding
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Binding to a toxin to prevent it from interacting with other partners or to inhibit its localization to the area of the cell or complex where it is active.
Source:PMID:22545240,
PMID:24806488,
Wikipedia:Toxin-antitoxin_system#Type_II,
PMID:21819231,
GOC:rs,
PMID:19143615,
PMID:19325885
Comment
There may be more than one antitoxin to a toxic protein. Instances of this activity are known only in prokaryotes, where the toxic protein may be a ribonuclease, a DNA gyrase, or other.